We say goodbye to central Namibia’s vast desert with dunes that extend all the way to the very edge of the Atlantic Ocean. Here are a few last glimpses before heading off to a new and radically different landscape.

On our last evening, we see the sun setting in a very fast descent, glowing orange in a cloudless sky.

Early the next morning, the moon, barely visible through the clouds, sets over a long straight road through the desert.

The desert stretches out to distant mountains, with only a solitary tree to dot the landscape.

The animals we saw in Namibia were totally wild, not confined to game parks. The ubiquitous oryx is known as the national animal of Namibia.

And wild ostriches strut around proudly in their native habitat.